Sjoerd van Driesum

History: Young Expert at Financial Access - Kenya
YEP period 2019 - 2021, batch 17

First position after YEP

Independent Consultant, Kenya

YEP Role

In my role as COO I am responsible for laying the foundation to scale up the Supply Chain Finance activities of FACTS Africa. Through technology and a data driven approach, FACTS Africa is looking to provide financing using alternative methods to SMEs mainly active in the Agri Value Chain. Developing the product, building the platform, designing the procedures, and helping the team with corporate finance matters are part of my responsibilities. 

Skills

Finance, Technology, Econometrics / Data Science, Management

Background

Nationality: Dutch

Education: 

• Bsc. Econometrics & Operations Research @ Erasmus School of Economics
• Msc. Quantitative Finance @ Erasmus School of Economics

Experience before YEP

Associate Vice President – Risk Solutions Group – Barclays Investment Bank, London, UK